Peter Martyn (actor)

{{Short description|British actor and TV presenter (1925–1955)}}

{{distinguish|Peter Martin (actor)}}

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Peter Martyn (19 October 1925 – 15 February 1955) was a British actor and TV presenter.{{cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/peter-martyn-112129|title=Peter Martyn – Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB|first=The Broadway|last=League|website=www.ibdb.com}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f5ad00d|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029071821/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f5ad00d|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 October 2017|title=Peter Martyn|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=44092|title=Peter Martyn|website=www.aveleyman.com}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=axKEun0xt1MC&q=Peter+Martyn+actor&pg=PT60|title=Life Itself!: An Autobiography|first=Elaine|last=Dundy|date=5 January 2012|publisher=Little, Brown Book Group|isbn=9781405514910|via=Google Books}} He hosted the UK version of the U.S. game show The Name's the Same in 1954, and the game show Find the Link in 1954-55.{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8bb954c0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029075959/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8bb954c0|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 October 2017|title=The Name's the Same[25/05/54] (1954)|publisher=}}

He also acted in the original Broadway production of Terence Rattigan's Harlequinade, in 1949.{{cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/the-browning-version---harlequinade-2123|title=The Browning Version / Harlequinade – Broadway Play – Original - IBDB|first=The Broadway|last=League|website=www.ibdb.com}}

Films and television series in which he appeared included:

• The Devil's Pass (1957)
• No Smoking (1955)
• Mad About Men (1954)
• Orders Are Orders (1954)
• Child's Play (1954)
• You Know What Sailors Are (1954)
• The Intruder (1953)
• Folly to Be Wise (1953)
• The Happy Family (1952)
• Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951)
• Appointment with Venus (1951)
• Studio One (1950 television series)